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Palestinian vote officials resign over alleged cheating
Dozens of Palestinian election officials resigned on Saturday, complaining of intimidation and irregularities in the vote that President Mahmoud Abbas won in a landslide.
The resignations could dent Abbas?s claim to a popular mandate to make peace with Israel, although officials at the Central Elections Commission who resigned said they thought the vote was still free and fair.
They complained Abbas?s campaigners and security services had coerced them into extending the voting period by two hours. At least five senior officials and dozens of more junior workers quit.
The Palestinian militant group Hamas, which boycotted the vote, said the resignations cast doubt on the election results and called for an investigation.
Abbas was sworn in on Saturday as successor to Yasser Arafat. International observers had not reported problems in last Sunday?s election, hailed by commentators as one of the fairest in the Arab world. Voting was extended last Sunday at a point when turnout looked very patchy in parts of the West Bank, potentially raising questions over whether Abbas had a popular mandate.
Mohammed ASSADI
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